Trunk-hinge.



No. 638,884.; Pdtented flee. l2, I899.

w.'.|. PERRY.

. TRUNK muss.

[Applicatioh filed Feb. 23, 1899.)

,(No Modl.)

NITED ST- PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM PERRY, E BOSTON,- MASSACHUSETTS.

TRUNK-HINGE.

SPECIFICATION arm ng at or Iietters'PatentNo. 638,884, at... Deceniber 12, 1 99.

I Application filed February 2 ,1899. Serial In. 706,607. on model-l To all it may concerit: Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. PERRY, of Boston, in the county of Snflt'olk and State of 1 Massachusetts, have invented a newand useful Improvement in Ti'unk-Hinges,,of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is aspecification.

My invention relates to hinges that are especially adapted for use on that class of trunks that are usually termed w'all trunks. The objects are to so construct and arrange the parts that the-device will be certain and easy of'operation and of slightcost. objects I attain bythe mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which-'- Figure 1 shows in end elevation one of .my

hinges as'itlappears, on the end of a trunk,

parts being shown in' dot'ted,l-ines,., The trunk is represented asiclosed. ..Fig. 2 represents the same parts, in perspective, that are shown in Fig. 1, the trunk being represented as open. Fig. 3 is an interior view in per-spew tive of one of my hinges.

In the drawings, A represents the body of ,thetrunk, and B the cover.

' That part of the hinge that isat'tache'd to the body of the trunk is indicated byOC C The part0 is fastened to the end ofthe body is bent so as to fit' and to be fastened of the trunk. Thepart O the rear part of the trunk thereto. The projection O ismade from the samesheet that the parts 0 and C are made.

integral.

In other words, the parts C,'(J', aI d-C are A slot S S is made in the projection C and in this slot a pin P, made fast to the plate D, works. 5

The upper casting D of my hinge is made fast to the cover of the trunk and has attached to ita pin P, already referred to, and a pin T, which serves as a pivot for the curved link B. This link B is pivoted to the lower casting at T. The link R is curved, so that in its movements as the trunk is opened it may clear the pivot P.

In order to prevent the lid, in the act of opening, from extending at any time beyond 7 the rear wall or the trunk, the inclined slot S in the fixed projection C and the pivot P are These B so located relation to thepivots" T and T, upon which the curved link R swings, that, the lid as it is raised is drawnvforward sufiiciently to preyent any part of the said. lid

of the slot 8 S. In the act of opening the link swings on the pivots T and T and the'pin P slides to theupper end of the slot S S, as

"shown in Fig. 2.

From the above description, in connection with the drawings, it will beunderstood that the lid of the trunk, while being held open, does not at any time extend beyond the rear plane otthe body of the trunk. Thus the trunk can be placed directly against a wall and the lid' raised without moving the trunk. My invention is made to accomplish this result.

I claim-- In a wall-trunk hinge, the combination with v a casting adapted to be secured to the upper corner of a trunk-body and. having an up wardly-extending arm 0 provided with a .rearwardly and down'wardlyinclined slot and a laterally-extending pin T, and a casting adapted to be secured to the lower corner of the trunk-lid provided with 1atera1ly-extend-, ing pins P and- T the former adapted to engage and move in the diagonally-disposed slot S, of a curved link p'ivotally secured at its respective ends to said pins T and T so located with reference to" each other that a line joining them will cross said slot 0* at an angle greater than a right angle substantially as and 'for-the'purpose set forth. s i In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification,

July, A. D. 1898.

9 in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 22d day-0t WILLIAM J. PERRY. f

Witnesses:

A. J. GREEN, v V FREDERICK HEMMINGS. 

